[nflug] Dell Hardware Gurus

[Brad Bartram]

Thanks for the info.  I've got two completely redundant systems coming so
I'll make sure they are both backed up well - just in case.  Were there any
errors thrown or was it just kernel upgrade -> no more data?

Brad

On 6/12/07, Tyler Poland <tyler.poland at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We set up a Dell PE 6800 with Perc5 and an PV MD1000 running RedHat
> Enterprise 4.  It was a piece of cake to configure with RAID 1+0.  We had a
> problem a couple months in; the partition information got wiped out during a
> kernel upgrade and we had to rebuild the entire array from backups
> (nightmare), but we don't think the array was the issue there.
>
> Tyler
>
>
> On 6/12/07, Brad Bartram <brad.bartram at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The perc 5/i (the integrated controller) was recognized fine on my new
> > PowerEdge 1900's by CentOS 4.something_or_other .  Unfortunately, I need
> > the non-integrated model to use the power vault.  It's good to know that it
> > comes down to being controller dependent rather than being a general pain
> > with the powervault itself.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >  On 6/12/07, Mark Musone < mmusone at shatterit.com> wrote:
> >
> > >   The key from my experience with the dell perc controllers is to make
> > > sure you've got a driver that recognizes the controller.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I've had to make my own boot/install disks for just about every
> > > distribution because they are not built into the standard boot images.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > If you've got the controller recognized, it should be cake, but I
> > > haven't ever hooked up that specific powervault so don't quote me..
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > *From:* nflug-bounces at nflug.org [mailto: nflug-bounces at nflug.org] *On
> > > Behalf Of *Brad Bartram
> > > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 12, 2007 11:20 AM
> > > *To:* nflug at nflug.org
> > > *Subject:* [nflug] Dell Hardware Gurus
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hey guys;
> > >
> > > Does anyone here have any experience connecting a Dell DM1000
> > > (powervault) external storage array to a dell poweredge using the perc5/e
> > > card and centos (or really any linux flavor)?
> > >
> > > I'm interested in specifically any gotchas or conflicts you ran into.
> > > Was it pretty out of the box in terms of setting things up or did it just
> > > not work at all?
> > >
> > > Any info anyone has would be great.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Brad
> > >
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